Totalzelbstportrait. Self-portraits tend to be associated with self-satisfaction or narcissism. But in Meeses case this couldnt be further from the truth. Everything points to his extreme modesty. He is just as happy to completely obliterate his ego. His work contains no vestige of self-expression or self-analysis. Art is never expressive, Meese believes. It is an image, a painted canvas, it cannot have a soul, or at any rate cannot embody part of his soul. Meese holds a mirror to the art world. Art is not religion, art is art.Featuring many unpublished works, the catalogue shows the development and significance of